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Crawley Deanery Clergy meet: focus on becoming & forming missionary disciples

June 26, 2025

Clergy from Crawley Deanery recently spent a prayerful and reflective 24 hours together to focus on "Prayer, Formation and Mission".

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations for Fr Chris Benyon

June 25, 2025

Fr Chris celebrated 60 years of priesthood on 12 June, with Mass with other jubilarians, in Seaford parish and in diocesan schools.

CAFOD calls on Catholics to sign petition to cancel unjust debt.

June 23, 2025

34 of the poorest countries in Africa spend more on debt repayments than on health or education.

Pilgrimage Director makes appeal for vital supply support

June 21, 2025

Alex Manko, is appealing for help to prepare for this July's Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Parish of Woking takes action to support and celebrate neurodivergent people in community

June 21, 2025

St Dunstan's recognises the gifts neurodivergent people bring to the community and the need for adjustments to make everyone feel "at home."

Archbishop John Sherrington & Bishop Richard Moth respond to the Assisted Dying Bill

June 20, 2025

"Genuine compassion involves accompanying those who need care, especially during sickness, disability and old age."

Diocesan grandparents gather at Worth Abbey

June 20, 2025

More than 90 people joining Bishop Richard and our Marriage and Family Life Adviser, Deacon Simon South, for the Grandparents' Pilgrimage.

Pope Leo to young people: "Be agents of peace in a divided world"

June 20, 2025

Pope Leo addressed young people in his hometown and urged them to build community, embrace God’s love, and become “beacons of hope”.

Education News

Papal Award for Simon Parr, recently retired diocesan Education Officer

May 13, 2024

Simon Parr was awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award, for his service to the Church

Wonderful Schools Singing Programme event for children from four Surrey schools

May 10, 2024

100 children sang liturgical repertoire together at the event in Cranleigh

St Robert Southwell joins Bosco Catholic Education Trust.

May 1, 2024

The primary school is the ninth school to join Bosco CET.

Head of St George's, Weybridge, reflects on RS outreach programme

April 8, 2024

Rachel Owens blogs on 40 years of partnership between St George's, Weybridge, and local Catholic primary schools.

Salesian School, Chertsey, wins two Educational Outcomes Awards

April 4, 2024

The awards recognise that Salesian School is among the highest performing secondary schools in the country.

Doreen Cronin, former Principal of St Richard's, Bexhill receives a papal award

March 26, 2024

Doreen Cronin has been awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice for distinguished service.

Catholic schools outperform peers in producing new teachers

March 25, 2024

Three secondaries in the Xavier CET have supplied 16% of student teachers at a major training provider for the South East

Annual Governors’ Commissioning Mass celebrated in Horsham

March 25, 2024

Bishop Richard concelebrated the annual Governors' Commissioning Mass with Fr Xavier Amirdasamy

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